Originally published at: Don't mess with this badass group of praying mantis pals | Boing Boing
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Obligatory
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I was actually nervous they’d start trying to eat one another 
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I speak some green mantis and can translate:
“Hey Nancy, do you have any idea what we’re threatening here? No? No answer? Fine, I’ll just um help threaten I guess?”
Then, “Oh shit there it is, I’ve got this! Gals. Gals? Nobody. Fine. Back to threatening then.”
“Divas.” Muttered with barely a flutter of the thorax.
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It’s like a boy band. Only better because they’re not singing.
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They need a manager… like the one shown just below your post.
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Came to say the same.
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ETA: I have an amusing mantis story, which is at the bottom of my all but ignored thread:
No one else has yet told any real stories, so I just keep posting my own good ones. /shrugs
I’ve always loved mantiseses, and their pest predation!
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Mantids are awesome. They are easily the most expressive-looking insects I can think of. I love the way they react to people. And the way they happily munch on houseflies!
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nsfw with the sound on:
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don’t think the ground work had any rocks to throw about…
Why would anyone even consider offering up a finger to an animal that has been known to kill birds? (Small birds, but still.)
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Wow. The first time I watched the video I was thinking “yeah” the one in front is alive, the others are fake. But no, they’re definitely all real. Pretty cool.
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